MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT: A Convening to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of New Haven Healthy Start THEN, NOW & BEYOND
WHO: New Haven Healthy Start, a program of The Community Foundation for Greater New Have
Keynote Speakers:
9 a.m. - Arthur James, MD, Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity & Associate Clinical Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center
1 p.m. - Deborah Frazier, CEO, National Healthy Start Association
Panelists and Presenters:
Kenn Harris, Vice President of Community Engagement & Director, New Haven Healthy Start at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Dr. Byron Kennedy, Director, City of New Haven Health Department
Michael Taylor, CEO, Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center
Dr. Suzanne Lagarde, Executive Director, Fair Haven Community Health Center
Barbara Tinney, Executive Director, New Haven Family Alliance
Jean Adnopoz, Former Chair, Commission on Infant and Child Health
Heather Reynolds, Chair, Perinatal Partnership of New Haven Healthy Start Consortium/Community Action Network
Mark Abraham, Executive Director, DataHaven
Dr. Megan Smith, Researcher and Evaluator, Yale School of Medicine, MoMS Partnership of New Haven
Amos Smith, President & CEO, Community Action Agency of New Haven
Barbara Tinney, Executive Director, New Haven Family Alliance
Sarah Fabish, Vice President for Grantmaking & Scholarships, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, Researcher and Practitioner, Yale School of Medicine, Equity Research Innovation Center
Christina Ciociola, SVP for Grants and Strategy, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
See full convening agenda here.
WHEN: Thursday, September 7, 2017, 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Omni Hotel, 155 Temple St., New Haven, CT 06510
WHY: In the mid-1980s, one out of 50 babies in New Haven died within their first year of birth, an Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) of more than 20 deaths per 1000 live births. Three decades later, thanks to the New Haven Healthy Start program, the health of thousands of newborns has been improved and the IMR has fallen to seven deaths per 1000 live births or one out of 150 babies. This powerful story is one of hope, determination and accomplishment in the field of maternal and child health. It shows how in a single generation, a motivated community went from having one of the nation’s highest infant mortality rates to significantly reducing mortality rates by implementing a multi-faceted system that now serves as a care coordination model for other states.
Did you know? September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month!
National speakers have limited time while in town. If you would like to interview them before the program on Sept 7, please email Ratasha Smith at rsmith@cfgnh.org. Interviews will begin at 8 a.m.
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Contact:
Ratasha Smith
Communications Officer
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
203-777-2386
rsmith@cfgnh.org
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